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| author |  axel <axel@liljencrantz.se> | 2005-09-20 23:31:55 +1000 |
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| committer | axel <axel@liljencrantz.se> | 2005-09-20 23:31:55 +1000 |
| commit | 7ddecde54372c25fcf526e2d24807c5dac9800aa (patch) | |
| tree | 1bff6e0ccd096836adb74529d53a6debcf45375b /doc_src/else.txt | |
| parent | 149594f974350bb364a76c73b91b1d5ffddaa1fa (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc_src/else.txt b/doc_src/else.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8f684e3f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc_src/else.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +\section else else - execute command if a condition is not met. + +\subsection else-synopsis Synopsis +<tt>if CONDITION; COMMAND_TRUE [else; COMMAND_FALSE] end;</tt> + +\subsection else-description Description +<tt>if</tt> will execute the command CONDITION. If the commands exit +status is zero, the command COMMAND_TRUE will execute. If it is +not zero and COMMAND_FALSE is specified, COMMAND_FALSE will be +executed. + +\subsection else-example Example + +The command <tt>if test -f foo.txt; echo foo.txt exists; else; echo foo.txt does not exist; end</tt> +will print <tt>foo.txt exists</tt> if the file foo.txt +exists and is a regular file, otherwise it will print +<tt>foo.txt does not exist</tt>. |